Reid v. State

Simmons, Justice.

Reid was tried and convicted, in the city court of Carrollton, of the offence of selling liquor to a minor without the written authority of his parent or guardian. He made a motion for a new trial, upon the several grounds contained therein, which was overruled by the court, and he excepted. The only grounds insisted on before us for a reversal of the judgment of the court below were (1) that the court excluded, when offered in evidence, the bill of exceptions in the case of the State vs. Dukes, by which the defendant expected to show that Awtry, the minor, who testified for…